Jim, That is amazing. I haven't had a 203 with sound problems in months, yet I have had four brought in this week. Also, the usual problem is muted audio. Three of them had noise. I don't know the complaint of the fourth. It was left in front of the shop as a gift. I found nothing wrong with it. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:15:05 -0500 Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Wish I had one in the shop that would act up every thirty minutes, > then > I would be able to try the capacitor trick and the zip code trick to > see > if either is really a fix. No real way to verify a fix when it may > not > happen again for a year or so. > > The Old Master Technician > ******************************** > Since 1972 * > Jim Myers * > Telrad Electronics * > Fort Wayne Indiana * > ******************************** > > > Jim Myers wrote: > > This problem seems to be much worse lately, we have had three or > four in > > just the past few days and now instead of completely muting the > sound > > they still have white noise. Maybe the broadcasters have found a > better > > way to screw with RCA sets. > > > > The Old Master Technician > > ******************************** > > Since 1972 * > > Jim Myers * > > Telrad Electronics * > > Fort Wayne Indiana * > > ******************************** > > > > > > Greg Smith wrote: > > > >>Set loses audio and goes to hissing from speakers. Can increase or > decrease with vol control. Only happens on cable channels like 28, > doesn't occur on channels like 3 or 4. Only way to get audio back is > to unplug set. Audio comes back and plays fine for 15 to 30 minutes, > then goes back to hissing from speakers. Set not in SAP mode and > swapped Gem Star. Any suggestions? TIA. Tommy. > >>Gregory B. Smith > >>G & A Electronic Services > >>2521 N. Laurent > >>Victoria, Texas 77901 > >>Ph. 361-575-1998 > >>Fax: 361-570-1615 > >>----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > >>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >>Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > ost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > >>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/